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From: aipdc@castle.ed.ac.uk (Paul Crowley)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d,sci.crypt
Subject: Re: a real-life patent issue. [it is not safe out there]
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Date: 23 May 91 09:22:54 GMT
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In article <4547:May2223:16:3391@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes:
>The precise legal phrase is this: ``for the sole purpose of satisfying
>philosophical taste or curiosity, or for instruction and amusement.''
>Such use never infringes a patent.

I have no use whatsoever for cryptographic technology or software, I'm
just a curious amateur.  Anyone out there want to send me an
implementation of the RSA cypher?
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PS: as far as I know, since I'm in the UK, this law doesn't apply to be
anyway.